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I love it when "the little guy/girl" wins! So, maybe this is a good strategy to put these big firms on notice: 1. Exert plenty of PR pressure to broadcast the

I love it when "the little guy/girl" wins! So, maybe this is a good strategy to put these big firms on notice: 1. Exert plenty of PR pressure to broadcast the wrong that big firm did. 2. Launch tons of small claims court cases. 3. Firms lose money flying paralegals (or other legal staff) around the country for small claims court appearances. 4. Or, these firms lose money paying out all these awards at small claims court. 5. Congress - seeing this widespread ire/angst and related court action - springs into action legislatively, and enacts laws to better protect citizens. LOL ok maybe that's too fantastically fictional. ;-)

bilbo0s 8y ago
"...5. Congress - seeing this widespread ire/angst and related court action - springs into action legislatively, and enacts laws to better protect citizens...." ...or they spring into action to enact laws to better protect Equifax. Which do you think is more likely?
- sattoshi 8y ago
  Why would Congress do either of those things? Isn't it the judicial system working as intended?
  - __jal 8y ago
    > Isn't it the judicial system working as intended? If you're a large firm who makes money by gossiping about people, you might be very concerned about it working as intended. They've successfully lobbied for an exception to libel law so you can't sue them for telling lies about you; buying a congressional pass as proof against this sort of responsibility is hardly a stretch.
  - URSpider94 8y ago
    When the judicial system begins working too efficiently is exactly when the legislative branch often steps in. Think "tort reform" (make it harder for people to sue companies), the legislative immunity for gun manufacturers that immunizes them against product liability, and on the other side of the scale in my mind, the legal prohibition against suing vaccine manufacturers for side effects except through a special "vaccine court". The legislative branch acts like the game designer of a MMORPG - they are constantly looking at the balance of power and nerfing/buffing as they see fit - and often with what we might consider a distorted sense of "fairness".

bilbo0s 8y ago

"...5. Congress - seeing this widespread ire/angst and related court action - springs into action legislatively, and enacts laws to better protect citizens...." ...or they spring into action to enact laws to better protect Equifax. Which do you think is more likely?

sattoshi 8y ago
Why would Congress do either of those things? Isn't it the judicial system working as intended?
- __jal 8y ago
  > Isn't it the judicial system working as intended? If you're a large firm who makes money by gossiping about people, you might be very concerned about it working as intended. They've successfully lobbied for an exception to libel law so you can't sue them for telling lies about you; buying a congressional pass as proof against this sort of responsibility is hardly a stretch.
- URSpider94 8y ago
  When the judicial system begins working too efficiently is exactly when the legislative branch often steps in. Think "tort reform" (make it harder for people to sue companies), the legislative immunity for gun manufacturers that immunizes them against product liability, and on the other side of the scale in my mind, the legal prohibition against suing vaccine manufacturers for side effects except through a special "vaccine court". The legislative branch acts like the game designer of a MMORPG - they are constantly looking at the balance of power and nerfing/buffing as they see fit - and often with what we might consider a distorted sense of "fairness".